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Zix slides down, quickly gathering momentum from the grease. The walls are dry. The thief speeds down, curving right in a half circle before it straightens out again.

As Zix speeds down the chute she spies a small 4"x4" grill in the left wall flash by her. The elf is losing control unless she slows. The angle is picking up.

Zix sees the walls are dry, unlike the slick chute surface. The grill speeds by before the elf can react, but she tries to slow herself with her arms.

Zix sets her arms and hands against the walls to slow her rapid descent down the greased chute. With some effort she succeeds in gaining a measure of control and is able to see and slow when a door comes up in the left wall. The chute continues downward.

She'll check out the door on the left wall, since it's closest.

The door is small, about 4' tall, and locked.

Zix balances precariously with her legs and shoulder against the walls so as to not slide down the greased shoot. She takes out her thieves tools and attempts to pick the lock. After several false starts due to body repositionings, she is able to get to it in earnest. Alas the lock's tumblers are resistant to her advances.

The door is made of wood.

Zix curses. What she wouldn't do for an axe! She takes out her dagger and attempts to pry the lock off the door.

Zix tries to pry the lock off with a dagger but there is not enough leverage. The elf then moves to position her feet against the door and kicks.

Zix bursts through the door into a hallway extending east 50' then curving south. Halfway down the corridor is a lit torch in a wall sconce.

Zix checks for traps...
.. successfully!

Then goes to examine the torch sconce.

Zix's trap detecting diligence pays off when at 30' she detects another of those teeter-totter, pivot-slab pit traps. She pulls back in front of it. The top slab is quite large - 20 whole feet. That seems odd.

It's length makes Zix wonder if in fact she's encountered a ramp or slide. She attempts to disable the door, drawing some wooden shims from her kit of thieve's tools and wedging them deeply in the cracks so it's no longer free to rotate...
.. successfully!